Washcloth



June 7, 1938.

E. s. SUTTON 2,119,895

WASHCLOTH Filed July 9, 1957 INVENTOR 4 2/1065 51 52770 BY flat/IR Q ATTORNEY Patented June 7, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WASHCLOTH Eunice S. Sutton, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application July 9,1937, Serial No. 152,691

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in wash cloths of the type wherein soap in flaked or small piece form is contained within or enveloped by the cloth.

5 Wash cloths of this general type are advantageously used where a profusion of soap lather is desired such as in dish washing or in personal.

vision of an elongated channel form opening to the cloth interior and in a manner to provide a channelled entry trap which will normally operate to prevent escape of the soap or lather other than through the fabric in the manner desired.

The improved cloth of my invention will be more fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawing wherein like reference characters are applied to the corresponding parts in the several views.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a wash cloth made in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view at right angles tothat of Fig. 2 and on line 33 of Fig. 1.-

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a blank of fabric showing a method of cutting to produce a modified form of cloth.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the cloth of modified construction made from the blank of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

In the approved embodiment of the features of my invention as disclosed the body of the cloth is formed as an enlarged pocket or envelope by folding a suitable piece of fabric upon itself and stitching or sewing together the'marginal, edge 5 portions as shown with the exception of a portion for an opening thereto. As shown, it" is formed from a rectangular blank folded upon itself along the line I to provide upper and lower walls or layers 2-3 secured at their side edges 4 u and 5 by stitching and likewise stitched inwardly cessfully used with contained soap by the profromeach side of the forward edge at 'l and I to leave an entry opening 9.

Prior to the folding and stitching as described. a rectangular insert or .trap layer of fabric II is positioned with an edge coinciding with one wall of the opening 9 to be formed and is secured to the body by stitching along its marginal edges or side portions at I3l4 to the one layer, upper layer 2 as shown, and after folding is secured by stitching I2 along its outer edge to the other layer, lower layer 3 as shown; the innermost or rearward edge I! of the insert II being unstitched or free as shown.

As a result thereof, there is formed a cloth hav- The channel entry opening for the introduction of the soap flakes orpleces, as will be appreciated, permits the soap pieces to readily pass through the channel when the cloth is dry but upon wetting in use the insert by its tendency to adhere to the wall 2 operates as a trap or valve to prevent escape of the soap and lather through the channel.

In Figs. 4 to 6 I have shown a suitable modified method of cutting a blank and construction of cloth embodying the features of my invention made therefrom. As shown in Fig.4 a rectangular blank is employed which is cut on the staggered line it to producethe fabric for two cloths each with an integral flap extension llto form the insert or trap layer l0 when folded over on line I9. After folding over and stitching along its side edge 2|! to the fold or layer 2, the layer 3 is folded over on line It and stitched as shown along its marginal edge to leave the opening as described and finally the trap" layer I I is sewn at its edge coincident with the opening to the other layer 3. In this construction. as will be understood, the trap layer is formed integral with the body of the cloth with resulting economy in the cutting and stitching operations.

-While I have shown and described an approved embodiment of my invention it will be understood that varied modifications in form and arrangement may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having described my invention, I claim: a

1. A wash cloth composed of superimposed layers of fabric secured together adjacent their .edges to provide an internal pocket and having an edgewise opening thereto for the insertion of soap particles, a fabric insert secured at its side edges to the inner surface of one fabric layer and having its outer marginal edge secured to the other layer along the edge wall of the opening thereby to provide an elongated channel entry opening to the pocket.

2. A wash cloth composed of superimposed layera of fabric secured together adjacent their edges to provide an internal pocket with an edge! wise entry opening thereto, said cloth being formed from a blank of rectangular contour folded upon itself and said blank having a flap extension at one edge thereof adapted to be folded inwardly upon one layer and secured at its side edge thereto to provide an insert channel layer and having its outer edge secured to the other layer along the edge wall of the opening EUN'ICE S. SUTTON. 

